Word: sax
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...Based on a Fu Manchu novel by Sax Rohmer, the plot of Daughter of the Dragon extended the curse sworn by Dr. Fu on the Petrie family to the next generation. Fu Manchu (Warner Oland), long ago injured and exiled in an attempt on Petrie Sr., returns to London and confronts the father: "In the 20 years I have fought to live," he says in his florid maleficence, "the thought of killing you and your son has been my dearest nurse." He kills the father, is mortally wounded himself and, on his deathbed, reveals his identity to his daughter Ling...
...Crimson made an appearance near the top in the 60-meter hurdles, as well, as senior Travis Hughes finished 11th in the finals in 8.86 seconds.Senior Michael Schlund and freshman Eric Sax finished within four hundredths of a second of each other, taking 10th and 11th in the 200-meter dash. Sax tied for ninth in the long jump with a leap of 6.15 meters...
...audiences’ eyes grew wide at the sight before them—two barefooted women, one bent over, blowing into her soprano sax pointed down to the ground, the other with her leg brought up to her chest. Ever so slowly, the leg lowered and rested on the full length of the saxophonist’s back, in a feat expected only from a contortionist...
Jane Ira Bloom, a “mover and shaker”—literally—in the use of both electronics and movement in jazz, was awarded soprano sax of the year by the Jazz Journalists Award in 2001, the Charlie Parker Fellowship for Jazz Innovation, and the International Women in Jazz Jazz Masters Award. But her proudest accomplishment is that she is the first musician to be commissioned by NASA’s art program-—and she even has an asteroid named after...
After a short introduction by Everett, Bloom and Dubble began to zigzag without a word across the floor in a seemingly pre-staged manner. The silence was broken as Bloom began to play on her soprano sax. Dubble mirrored the music with her body, looking as if she was being blown away when empty air blew through the barrel of the saxophone, and writhing during moments when the tempo quickened, as if she were the embodinment of the sound itself. It was only after a synchronized “Welcome” that the audience was informed that both...